Mirza Ghalib religious view was very different from his wife.

He was very carefree and never followed the religion strictly. He was a Muslim and in that time, gambling and drinking was considered a serious offence, which he openly flouted. He even gambled in his courtyard along with his friends. He was not at all bothered with all the criticisms, he garnered from other religious people. He was a poet in the courts of Mugual emperor at that time.

There was no means of any livelihood and was depended on royalty and his friends for the money.

One will find information on Mirza Ghalib religion in the internet and many other related sites. His poems were very religious but he was not a strong supporter of his religion Islam. He encouraged people to go beyond the scriptures talk and feel the god‘s presence in themselves.

Many of his poems and letters to friends talk about this fact. He even questioned the various verses of the Islam religion. He used to condemn the religious clerics for not teaching the true meaning of Islam to the pupils and their ignorance of the religion. He used to express all his feeling by the way of poems and expressions.